Pray for good luck and fortune then. Likely: Head gasket replasement soon if not immeadiate. Cam belt is ok. Maybe other seals on engine, diff and transmission...
<<I know rubber deteriorates but realistically how long should the belt last in good condition if not used. I know some manufacturers say to change the belt...
Timing belt is cheap relative to cylinder head/engine damage. I change them rather often, 2-3 years. It also depend whether your engine is running smooth, or...
Just in case this is child's play to someone on the list I need to calculate the approximate weight of a section of fallen tree which has been cut to...
Peter, Bummer, I am guessing this was the result of the storms last week. Let me test my high school maths. volume = Pi by R squared by H = 3.14159 x 0.325 x...
Men I don't want to sound like a curmudgeon here, but over the last 5 years I have humped plenty of logs in my bio-energy biz and anecdotaly a 3 foot X 1.5...
Hi Peter The volume of a cylinder is Phi x radius squared x height so the answer is approx 0.39359571428571394 cubic metres A light Australian timber such as...
It is indeed as it actually lives outside in the court yard. Actually I still have the table that I stripped my first motor on. Its now in one of the kids...
First Maserati Long shot. Anyone have a Biturbo hood for and E model? Silver Next off topic: When you enter "mem" or "mem/c/p" at the dos prompt does a number...
Hi Guys, The Ghibli biturbo with the QP 3.2V8 engine has just completed about 3000km's without a single return to the shop. The car is on it;s way into...
jacob, i have never seen a photo of snow in your country. how about one with your car! two projects in one, or would the tourist bureau prevent same Jacob...
Hi Jacob, That sounds like a fun machine! Unfortunately the only experience I have of electronic oil level sensors is a bad one and goes something like this;...
The V8s of the qp IV and 3200 GT do use a lot of oil. One litre every800 kms is at the high end though. Is this acceptable to you? Do you want to monitor the...
There is an oil level monitor device indicated in the parts diagrams for the QPIV V8. I looked into this recently because while reassembling my Ghibli Open...
... My new harness had the same, I think, was it a white connector (2 pin) similar to the cam sensors and at the front of the engine? ... yup, same "elegant"...
No it was green/black I think a rectangular shape but rounded on each end of the rectangle. It was part of the alternator harness I beleive and could reach...
Hey Guys! First off Jacob, I must say I am highly impressed with your stamina here. It will definately pay off when everything is running properly.. * I also...
No mystery here...re-ringing any motor is not really practical, particularly with "custom rings"... You should have spent the time to get new pistons/rings OEM...
jacob what kind of oil do you have in the car I use racing oil 10W60 in al my masers and ferrari 412 and the switch from normal oil to the 10/60 reduced...
I ended up using the factory rings on my engine because no US supplier could supply the correct size for use with my Nikasil liners but I don't think the V8...
Nickel Silicon Carbide allegedly keeps its surface integrity, wearability and conformity for a while (Porsche used to claim 800,000 KM or something like that)....
I can't really comment on the oil consumption in my car as I'm dumping it so frequently I just can't tell. On their twin turbo motors I beleive only the 2.0L...
Hey! My 224v doesn't use much oil at all. Something like 0,1 l pr. 1000 kmtr. And it's got the nikasil liners.. Apparantly the Maserati nikasil liners are very...
